hair-raising
hair–rais·ing
adj \-ˌrā-ziŋ\Definition of HAIR-RAISING
: causing terror, excitement, or astonishment <hair–raising stories>
— hair–rais·ing·ly \-ziŋ-lē\ adverb
See First Known Use of HAIR-RAISING
1900
Related to HAIR-RAISING
Synonyms: alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying
Antonyms: unexciting
Related Words: daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnerving; bone-chilling, creepy, eerie (also eery), weird; appalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish
Near Antonyms: calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing); nonintimidating, nonthreatening
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